Same Earth, Same Sky: Moon and Venus Conjunction

[owlice]

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The conjunction of the moon and Venus is currently a lovely sight in the western sky. This
conjunction generated even more interest than usual because Venus was occulted by the
moon on May 16.

Below are images of this event submitted for consideration as an APOD; most of the images
have links that will take you to interesting information about the image. Please check out
the associated websites for more images and cool info!

If you have an image of the conjunction to share, please feel free to add it to this thread.

Thank you!
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Athens, Greece
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/moo ... nVenus.htm
Copyright: Chris Kotsiopoulos



Vallentuna Lake, Sweden
http://www.clearskies.se/Clear%20skies%20Main.htm
Copyright: P-M Hedén

Moon & Venus_Hedén.jpg (103.53 KiB) Viewed 1717 times

São Jorge Castle, Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.astrosurf.com/astroarte/skyscapes.htm#75
Copyright: Miguel Claro



Athens, Greece
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Occult-2010-05-16.htm
Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis

[owlice]

Kerman Parks, Iran
Copyright: Mohammad J. Fahimi

Moon and Venus_Fahimi.jpg (224.18 KiB) Viewed 1595 times

[bystander]

Gorgeous Venus-Moon Conjunction Images
Universe Today - 18 May 2010


Venus-Moon conjuction, at Kendal Castle, England. Credit: Stuart Atkinson


Kendal Castle, with crescent Moon and Venus. Credit: Stuart Atkinson

Kendal's historic, ruined castle

[Chris Peterson]

This one's a little different: an allsky camera capture of a bright fireball over Colorado, as seen from the roof of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The meteor seems to be coming from the direction of the Moon (at 290°) and Venus (at 300°). This event was recorded on May 16 at 21:56 MDT.

20100516_215553_005.jpg (32.49 KiB) Viewed 1570 times

[owlice]

bystander and Chris, cool shots; thank you for posting them!

[owlice]

São Jorge Castle, Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.astrosurf.com/astroarte/
Copyright: Miguel Claro

[owlice]

Mandraki Harbour, Rhodes
http://ladanyi.csillagaszat.hu
Copyright: Tamas Ladanyi

mandraki_100516_ladanyi_v2.jpg (118.8 KiB) Viewed 1494 times

[owlice]

Uludag, near Bursa, Turkey
Copyright: Tunç Tezel

UludagFatinVenusMoon.jpg (96.5 KiB) Viewed 1512 times

[owlice]

New York, USA
Copyright: Michael Wright

MoonVenus_Wright.jpg (60.05 KiB) Viewed 1490 times

[canopia]

All lovely scenes. We now have Mr. Hedén's picture from Sweden as today's APOD (21st May). Congrats...

[owlice]

Rhodes, Greece
http://ladanyi.csillagaszat.hu
Copyright: Tamas Ladanyi

sea_100516_ladanyi_v1.jpg (100.99 KiB) Viewed 1432 times